Britpop: Jarvis vs Blur ♥ Flyer (12/05/09) W♥M057 Subscribe to our show at gcast.com (RSS), more information at podcast.w♥m.com. BRITPOPCAST #4: TOP TEN BRITPOP COUNTDOWN This is the best of the be... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

... are looking for any amateur-filmed footage that reflects the events of the 1990's and the Britpop scene. We are interested in seeing footage from gigs or signings, or anything that might include the members of Oasis or other prevalent Britpop acts. We are throwing the net very wide, and we are really interested to hear from individuals or organisations about what they think ...

... 1993–1997, the period most defined by the term "Britpop," Radiohead was pushed to the fringes by the champions of ... too-cool-for-school set. Like all British movements, Britpop was a revolution against something American, in this case grunge. Radiohead couldn ... from 1993 to 1997, regardless of when these songs were released): the ur-Britpop song by the La's, the eminently coverable & ...

Just recently I was trawling through my own personal myspace page, which incidentally I don’t use that often. I noticed that I had a few new friend requests. On inspection there where the few obvious spammers and a few actual people, but, there was one particular bands music profile which stuck out! That band where called The Vouch. I thought at first, what a cool name, so I accepted the ...

... the defining yet simultaneously most sprawling & unique albums of the Britpop era. While much of the material is certainly in the vein of typical Britpop ... 18 or 21. Most importantly however, for all the glut of classic Britpop albums released in 1995, I Should Coco remains one of the finest and had more of a kick than any other Britpop album that year. Release Date: 1995 Rating: TRACK PICKS ...

... a career was your bag: stranded at the arse-end of Britpop, before the Strokes and White Stripes provided a coherent new ... glum resignation. Not a joy to watch. Mansun never quite fitted the Britpop mold, which seemed to suit them fine. Blending baggy swagger ... several EPs from their debut album was at least impressive. The bursting of the Britpop bubble left Mansun without a scene less interesting than ...

... of those bands the critics will never love. They'll call them Britpop also-rans; safe, mid-table rockers. But ... Going For Gold, and they got what they wanted. I was never a dedicated Shed Head myself, but Britpop was my gigging youth, and I enjoyed the band a lot back then ... a Shed Seven gig, it's an escape to a world where the Britpop bubble never burst. Where it's always 1996, I'm ...

... Money." It keeps the punk philosophy, adds some electronics into them mix and comes out with awesome, snot-nosed electro-punk. 15. Bird Automatic - About The Money The band of Aussie's chimed in with this little Britpop gem. Gentle, warm and soothing... fitting for a drive at dusk through Nida, OK. 14. Kite In The Air - Stretch It On Electro-pop from the Bay Area that's in the ...

... ! Based on the idea of phonomancers and retromancers, Rue Britannia follows the quest to track down the spirit of Britpop, interveaved with the Manics-obsessed ghost of a girl that isn't actually dead. Lots of fun for the Britpop survivor, although I'm enjoying the follow-up collection of stories set over one night in one indie night: Phonogram ...

... on the far-left during my stint there. I am also, as luck would have it, a big fan of Blur, as I am for most of Britpop. But when I heard Rowntree was running, when the read the substance of his platform, even all ... to the alienation and anger that seethed within "Generation X," so did much of Britpop represent the same for young folks in the UK--albeit with a great deal more optimism ...

... m currently reading, and enjoying the good goddamned hell out of, Luke Haines' "Britpop" memoirs Bad Vibes, in which he comes across as something of a cunt, but a glorious one, and cements his ... , but he still makes a great many good points about all the shit that was released under the banner of Britpop. And it's great fun to note how many people he takes to just because his hated ...

... , and my nephews. We went to lunch, to the Chicago History Museum, and to dinner. (*Sorry Debbie!) Saturday was another "Britpop" night at a bar called Darkroom. Once a month, this bar does this event that was custom made for me: 80s and 90s alternative Britpop. So I heard a lot of New Order, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, Blur, The Charlatans, The Jesus and Mary ...

... pop renaissance man When Blur first emerged, Damon Albarn seemed to me little more than a quirky songwriter among Britpop's grey and repetitious ranks. Over the years, however, my perception of him ... enthusiasm for more abstract and lo-fi sounds, they survived the death-knell of Britpop with unexpected ease. And having done so, Blur became increasingly adventurous. 13 and its successor, Think ...

... voice and songwriting expertise from a palette of raucous guitars reminiscent of the glory days of Britpop before Radiohead discovered drum machines and the Gallagher brothers Oasis had bank accounts. The resulting 11 ... where global travel has become commonplace, the album rocks, pops and rolls from high energy Britpop anthems like “Pure Gypsy Soul” to the more reflective, sensitive and ...

A documentary film about this year’s reunion of Britpop superstars Blur (pictured above in a Pennie Smith photo for the NME) will be released on January 19th in the UK. Titled ... . You can read that article here. Posted in British music, British rock, Music, Rock Music Tagged: Blur, Britpop, Dan Cairns, Dylan Southern, Glastonbury, Hyde Park, John Curley, London, NME, NME.com, No Distance Left ...